Five Taichung City police officers appeared in court yesterday charged with taking bribes from a teahouse which had illegally hired an underage bar girl.
The five officers, however, all denied the charges levelled against them.
While inspecting a teahouse in the city last June, Sergeant Tsai Han-lung
The officers took the girl to the police station.
According to the indictment, Tsai then told the owner of the teahouse, Lu Pao-ta
After reportedly reaching a deal with Lu, Tsai allegedly asked the four officers to destroy the paperwork related to the teahouse case and changed the case into a "discovery of a missing person."
Lu then took the five officers out drinking at two hostess clubs.
While they were at the clubs, Tsai reportedly told Lu it would cost NT$50,000 to resolve the teen's case. Tsai also reportedly requested Lu pay NT$25,000 per month, which the teashop owner agreed to.
However, Lu never gave any money to Tsai.
In July one of the indicted of-ficers, Lin Ming-cheng
During the investigation the five officers denied the charges of corruption. However, the prosecutor said that their statements conflicted with each other and that none had passed a polygraph test.
The prosecutor also said that the videotape showed that Lin had demanded bribes from Lu.
The prosecutor requested 12 year sentences for both Tsai and Lin, and between 11 and 10 years for the other three officers.
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